Cover for collapsible tubes.



J. L. STIGHTER. COVER FOR COLLAPSIBLE TUBES.

APPLICATION FILED P113. 6, 1912.

1,042,050. Patented Oct. 22, 1912.

anuawtoz wi y/Lewes I QM tome UNITED STATES JOSEPH L. STICHTER, OFOSWEGO, NEW YORK.

covnn FOR ooL APsIBLE T BES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented oct.22,1912'.

Application filed February 6, 1912. Serial No. 675,783.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, JOSEPH L. STIoHTER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Oswego, in the county of Oswego and State of New, York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Covers. for CollapsibleTubes, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved cover for acollapsible tube.

A further object of the invention is to make the cover a sliding oneinstead of a rotatable one.

Another object of my invention is to provide a perforation therein whichwhen the cover is sealed in place will be out of register with theopening in the end of the tube and which when the cover is unsealed canbe moved to register with the opening in the tube, permitting theremoval of the contents of the tube.

My invention also includes means for sealing the cover in place andguiding it in its movement.

These and other objects of my invention will be fully illustrated in thedrawings, de-

scribed in the specification and pointed out in the claim at the endthereof.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of acollapsible tube, fitted with my improved cover. Fig. 2 is aperspect-ive View of the tube with the cover part-1y withdrawn. Fig. 3is a side eleva tion of the tube viewed at right angles to the positionshown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a.

top plan view of the tube with the cover shown in the positionindicated. byFigs. 1 and 2. Fig. 5 is a top lan view of the tube withthe cover part y removed. Fig.

- dicates an ordinary collapsible tube having a top 2 which is solid andintegral therewith.

This top has the shape of a truncated wedge inverte Through this topextends a hole 3 of any desired shape which communicates with theinterior of the tube. On this top is mounted to slide a cover 4 made ofa single sheet of metal, the blank for which is shown in Fig. 7. Thesides of this cover 4: are bent along the lines indicated by the dotted.lines in Fig. 7 so as to fit the under sides of the solid top 2 of thetube. At the ends the cover is provided with the flexible guard tabs 5and 6, by which the cover is locked in place between the ends of thetop. In Figs. 1 and 4 I have shown the guard tabs bent down holding thecover in position to seal up the content-s of the tube. In Fig. 2 I haveshown the cover moved so that the hole therein registers with theopening in the top of the tube, so that by squeezing the tube -tl1econtents of the tube may be expre ssedthrough said opening. It will alsobe 'understood that the coverrmay-be removed altogether from the top tofacilitate tlie expressing of the contents from the tube. The guard tabs5 and Gareiflexible so that .they can be straightened out v.or bent downas the opening and closing of the tube may necessitate, a rrumber' oftimes. The ,hole in the top of the tube may be of any desired shape orany preferred location, and the shape of the top ofithe tube and thecoverv plate may be variedwithin wide limits without materiallydeparting from the spirit of my invention. Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new and patentable is as follows:

The combination of a receptacle having a top therefor, the sides of said'top being undercut so that the. top has the shape of an invertedtruncated wedge, a cover for said top formed of a single sheet of metal,having the sides thereof bent down and under to form a slidingengagement with said top, guard tabs at each end of said cover beingcapable of being bentdown over the ends of'said cover for, the purposeof locking it in place, an opening through said top into vthereceptacle, an opening through said cover plate normally out of linewith the opening in said top, said cover plate being movablelongitudinally to bring its opening into register with the opening inthe top.

In'testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH L. sTIoHTER.

Witnesses: I

Mrs. F. B. BoUoH'roN, HELEN BoUcn'roN;

